Table Of Contents:
October 2010

DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY: OPERA NEWS AT SEVENTY-FIVE

Vol. 75,
No. 4

• The High Points of OPERA NEWS's Seventy-Five Year History• Life Lessons: A Dozen Things Learned About the World of Opera • A Quiet Place Arrives at New York City Opera• The Still Potent Artistry of Marilyn Maye• The Crowd Snores: Has Opera's Audience Lost Its Way?• Busseto via Belgrade: Verdi Baritone Željko Lučić• Empire Builder: Baroque Master William Christie• Sound Bites: Jennifer Zetlan

A Quiet Place, Leonard Bernstein's fractured domestic drama, had a hostile reception when it opened in 1983. As a new production of the work arrives at New York City Opera, WILLIAM R. BRAUN examines the score's considerable power.

For years, William Christie's work with his superlative ensemble Les Arts Florissants has changed the face of Baroque and early music presentation. ADAM WASSERMAN talks to the conductor, who makes his long-awaited Met debut next month leading Così Fan Tutte.

ADAM WASSERMAN chats with Keith Cerny, the enterprising new general director of Dallas Opera, who appears poised to shepherd the company into a new era with his unique combination of fiscal acumen and Texas-sized plans.